Less Known Solaris features...

Okay ... We need several systems for this test. I´ve used Virtualbox in the preparation of this tutorial. You can use other virtualisation software, but one thing is important: It must support PXE boot of the guests.

I´ve populated my /etc/hosts with the following hostnames. In the case you wonder about the hostnames, these names are characters from Ghost in a Shell. And just in case you search for kusanagi ... this is the name for the system hosting the virtual machines:

192.168.10.1 aramaki
192.168.10.10 togusa
192.168.10.11 ishikawa

In my tutorial aramaki will serve as the Jumpstart server, togusa and ishikawa are the installation targets.

Packages and ISOs

For this tutorial i´ve used the following packages and ISOs:

• Solaris 10 Update 5: This is the operating environment i will use to demonstrate automated patching
• Opensolaris Community Edition Build 87: aramaki runs with this operating environment and it´s no problem to jumpstart Opensolaris CE oder DE with JET or to use Opensolaris for the Jumpstart Server
• Recommended Patch ClusterTo demonstrate automated patching, i´ve used the recommended patch cluster. You can gather it at sunsolve.sun.com.
• SUNWjet:The Jumpstart Enterprise Toolkit. You can gather it at here
• SUNWjass The Solaris Security Toolkit. You can get it at here